Giant squid tries to eat submarine
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The octosquids are massing for war...
Ah, thought this was a rum-inspired hungover experience. My bad.
It's absolutely awesome these creatures still exist
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Originally Posted by Fragony
Word - it also shows our ancestors weren't joking when they were talking about sea-monsters.
Kinda makes you wonder about the Dragons.
The stone age LSD variant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla
I remember watching a documentary about dragons and how they are real. Turns out it was fake. I was pretty disappointed, even though I knew it was fake while watching it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla
The one where they were discussing how they might have had a flammable gas (like methane) stored inside them?Quote:
Originally Posted by spankythehippo
Yeah. And they said that it was ignited by using minute amounts of platinum acting as a catalyst in their mouth. It was at that point I knew it was definitely fake. It is not activated in any way, so it would spark a reaction. And a catalyst helps a reaction along, it does not start a reaction. Duh.Quote:
Originally Posted by rajpoot
EDIT: After some thinking, here's more proof it was fake. Dragons are believed to be carnivourous. Which means they are not ruminants. Which means they will not be making methane in huge quantities, or any at all for that matter.
They're not carnivourous, just misunderstood.
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Originally Posted by spankythehippo
Well I did not ponder upon the hows and whys of it a lot, all I remember thinking was that if they were real dragon-husbandry would be all a rage these days, considering the growing prices of fossil fuels.
To be picky, it lowers the required activation energy or increases the probabillity for a specific reaction to occur. I don't know about this case, but it's possible for a catalyst to start a reaction at room temperature that would start at a much higher temperature normally.Quote:
Originally Posted by spankythehippo
Although biologically, it's probably easier with 2 chemicals igniting when mixed to create dragon fire, rather than a catalyst.
It's not like people fairly commonly finds fossiles of giant creatures that resembles reptiles is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
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Originally Posted by Ironside
There. I need to revise my chemistry. I've been in the biomedical industry for too long... I'll probably revise it later.
Also, I'm pretty sure that when methane comes in contact with platinum, it does not ignite immediately.
Yeah, I checked on the net, methane should still be stable in room temperature with contact to platinum. Hydrogen starts to burn though, so the principle works.Quote:
Originally Posted by spankythehippo
I remember a time when people thought giant squids were a myth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla
Actually, we still haven't seen a squid large enough to bring down a ship. But still the giant squids discovered in modern times are what people didn't expect just a decade ago.
They like to abduct maidens alive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conradus